chalice的词源
英文词源
- chalice
- chalice: [13] Latin calix ‘cup’ and its relative, Greek kálux ‘pod’, perhaps hold the record for the words most often borrowed into English. Calix first made its appearance as part of the original West Germanic stratum of English, into which it had been borrowed from Latin; this was as Old English cælc. Then came cælic, which Old English independently acquired from Latin after the conversion of the English to Christianity.
Next was calice, whose source was an Old French dialectal form descended from Latin calix. And finally, at the end of the 13th century, the main Old French form chalice was adopted. The final twist in the story is that in the 17th century Latin calyx (a descendant of the related Greek kálux) was borrowed into English as a botanical term, ‘outer covering of a flower’.
- chalice (n.)
- early 14c., from Anglo-French chalice, from Old French chalice, collateral form of calice (Modern French calice), from Latin calicem (nominative calix) "cup," cognate with Greek kylix "cup, drinking cup, cup of a flower," from PIE root *kal- (1) "cup." Ousted Old English cognate cælic, an ecclesiastical borrowing of the Latin word, and earlier Middle English caliz, from Old North French.
中文词源
发音释义：['tʃælɪs] n.大酒杯，圣杯
词源解释：chalice←古法语chalice（=calice）←拉丁语calicem（杯子）
单词chalice来自法语和拉丁语，本意就是“杯子”，但它指的不是普通的杯子，而是特指在举行宗教仪式所使用的杯子，一般为金属高脚杯。在基督教圣餐礼中，chalice就是用来盛圣餐葡萄酒的杯子。在非宗教场合，chalice常作为书面用词用于比喻。
词组习语：poisoned chalice（金杯毒酒，看似诱人其实不好的东西）；Our destiny offers not the cup of despair , but the chalice of opportunity.（命运给予我们的不是失望之酒,而是机会之杯——尼克松）
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来自PIE*kal, 杯子，词源同calyx, 花萼。进一步来自PIE*keue, keup, 词源同cup.
chalice（圣杯）：宗教仪式中所使用的高脚杯
英语单词chalice来自拉丁语calicem，本意就是“杯子”。但chalice指的不是普通的杯子，而是特指在举行宗教仪式所使用的杯子，一般为精美的金属高脚杯。在基督教圣餐礼中，chalice就是用来盛圣餐葡萄酒的杯子。在非宗教场合，chalice常作为书面语用于比喻，如poisoned chalice（金杯毒酒，看似诱人其实不好的东西）；尼克松的名言“Our destiny offers not the cup of despair , but the chalice of opportunity.”（命运给予我们的不是失望之酒,而是机会之杯。）
chalice：['tʃælɪs] n.杯，圣杯，圣餐杯
